On the evening of February 18, 2023, 35-year-old Jermaine Wilkins was walking near Denver and Melville Streets in Rochester, New York, when someone stepped out of a vehicle and fired a rifle at least three times, striking him. Mortally wounded, Wilkins ran to a house on Parsells Avenue where residents called 911; despite life-saving efforts by citizens and responding officers, he died on the porch.

Investigators later linked the shooting that killed Wilkins to an earlier afternoon incident the same day on Scio Street, where a person fired multiple handgun shots at a man on the sidewalk but no one was hurt. Rochester police identified 17-year-old Kyelon Marbury as the suspect in both shootings; authorities said there had been no prior connection between Marbury and Wilkins, indicating a random act of violence. Marbury was arrested on July 21, 2023, and charged in connection with the incidents.

Anyone who knew Wilkins or witnessed the events that evening is asked to come forward with information.